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Exactly 3 things: smoke weed, jerk off and play games on my Xbox. In that exact order. Sorry for my honesty, I have no filter.

by nickpp 5y ago

hypertele-Xii 5y ago
I'm more of a PC guy, but yeah, pretty much. For a while. But even that gets boring at some point. Human brains are weird, man.
- nickpp 5y ago
  I really wonder dude, I really wonder. The older I get the harder I find to be excited by shit. I do believe that if I was in the iPhone team I would've been like "another f-ing phone, why should I care?". The paycheck is pretty much all that is getting me out of bed in the morning, even if at this point I can't say I really need it anymore.
  - cghendrix 5y ago
    I feel the absolute same way. I’ve learned to be satisfied rather than passionate/excited about work. It’s much more sustainable in the long run.
  - adflux 5y ago
    Guess its a normal part of aging, but maybe its not normal to not get excited by stuff you used to like
    - ghaff 5y ago
      >maybe its not normal to not get excited by stuff you used to like People absolutely fall in and out of interest in different types of activities. This is especially true of people who really jump into things with both feet.
  - dragonsngoblins 5y ago
    Part of that might be that you lack the time or energy to properly explore new things though, and that lack of time or energy probably has something to do with getting that pay check. I mean also maybe not, but I find it hard to devote time to things I know I am interested in because I work 9-5, 5 days a week. I spend time with my partner of an evening and have housework and exercise to take care of and after all that it feels like there is very little time and like I don't have a lot of energy to learn new skills or pursue hobbies, so what I end up doing is the things I know I like but that are not draining. Ultimately I spend a lot of time reading or playing video games or goofing off on reddit. Even taking a week or two off isn't necessarily a good indicator, because you won't say, go and buy a bunch of paints and an easel and go "right I'm finally going to get stuck into painting" when you only have two weeks off and know you won't have time for it once they are up
jason0597 5y ago
That gets boring pretty damn quickly. You'd feel sick of yourself in a couple of weeks. Humans surprisingly want to feel meaningful. Tickling your pleasure neurons for day after day just doesn't feel good, it doesn't make you happy. Pleasure != happiness. It reminds me of this meme: https://i.imgur.com/dRvwSsI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dRvwSsI.jpg
- nickpp 5y ago
  I don't know, I did it for a whole sabbatical once and some stretches in the Pandemic - it did not make returning to work any easier. Now I agree about needing some variety, so I would probably get a PlayStation too.

Exactly 3 things: smoke weed, jerk off and play games on my Xbox. In that exact order. Sorry for my honesty, I have no filter.

by nickpp 5y ago

Exactly 3 things: smoke weed, jerk off and play games on my Xbox. In that exact order. Sorry for my honesty, I have no filter.

hypertele-Xii 5y ago

I'm more of a PC guy, but yeah, pretty much. For a while. But even that gets boring at some point. Human brains are weird, man.

nickpp 5y ago
I really wonder dude, I really wonder. The older I get the harder I find to be excited by shit. I do believe that if I was in the iPhone team I would've been like "another f-ing phone, why should I care?". The paycheck is pretty much all that is getting me out of bed in the morning, even if at this point I can't say I really need it anymore.
- cghendrix 5y ago
  I feel the absolute same way. I’ve learned to be satisfied rather than passionate/excited about work. It’s much more sustainable in the long run.
- adflux 5y ago
  Guess its a normal part of aging, but maybe its not normal to not get excited by stuff you used to like
  - ghaff 5y ago
    >maybe its not normal to not get excited by stuff you used to like People absolutely fall in and out of interest in different types of activities. This is especially true of people who really jump into things with both feet.
- dragonsngoblins 5y ago
  Part of that might be that you lack the time or energy to properly explore new things though, and that lack of time or energy probably has something to do with getting that pay check. I mean also maybe not, but I find it hard to devote time to things I know I am interested in because I work 9-5, 5 days a week. I spend time with my partner of an evening and have housework and exercise to take care of and after all that it feels like there is very little time and like I don't have a lot of energy to learn new skills or pursue hobbies, so what I end up doing is the things I know I like but that are not draining. Ultimately I spend a lot of time reading or playing video games or goofing off on reddit. Even taking a week or two off isn't necessarily a good indicator, because you won't say, go and buy a bunch of paints and an easel and go "right I'm finally going to get stuck into painting" when you only have two weeks off and know you won't have time for it once they are up

jason0597 5y ago

That gets boring pretty damn quickly. You'd feel sick of yourself in a couple of weeks. Humans surprisingly want to feel meaningful. Tickling your pleasure neurons for day after day just doesn't feel good, it doesn't make you happy. Pleasure != happiness. It reminds me of this meme: https://i.imgur.com/dRvwSsI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dRvwSsI.jpg

nickpp 5y ago
I don't know, I did it for a whole sabbatical once and some stretches in the Pandemic - it did not make returning to work any easier. Now I agree about needing some variety, so I would probably get a PlayStation too.